Ashland [WI] Daily Press 24 Jun 1936
C. A. BONO, IN REGION FOR 79 YEARS, DIES
Oldest Pioneer and Merchant in the City
Charles Albert Bono, 81, known as the oldest pioneer resident of the Chequamegon region due to his seventy- nine years in this territory, died at a local hospital early today after a lingering illness. With the exception of two years he spent in his birthplace, Sault Ste. Marie, Mich., Mr. Bono has lived in the region all of his life.
As well as being the most "thoroughly pioneer" settler, Mr. Bono was probably the oldest merchant, having maintained an establishment at 121 Second street East up until late in 1935 when ill health forced him to retire from business. When h first settled in Ashland in 1886 after twenty-nine years of residence near Bayfield. Mr. Bono started a shoe repairing establishment where the Central Meat Market now stands on the corner of Eighth avenue West and Second street.
On the occasion of his eightieth birthday on May 14, 1935, Mr. Bono told how the walls of the building in which he made the first shoes were made of logs and straw while branches and other refuse was used for the roof. A pair of boots made in that establishment and the pair which were reputedly the first ever made here were proudly possessed by Mr. Bono. They were black, Mr. Bono often explaining to friends that later as the city became more populated and the soft clay became more in evidence he began to make brown shoes--asserting that the color harmonized with the surroundings and that the mud wasn't noticed half as easily.
After leaving the shoe repairing business, Mr. Bono then opened his dry goods store which of later years became a grocery store. It was always in the same location near the northwest corner of Second avenue East and Second street. At present the Bono building is occupied by the John Westman Paint and Paper store.
On May 14, 1855, Mr. Bono was born in Sault Ste. Marie, Mich., and at the age of two he accompanied his parents to LaPointe, From LaPoint his parents went to Bayfield where they ran the Smith Hotel for many years. ( The building has burned since this time.)
At the age of eleven, Charles Bono rode the coach which was pulled by horses and traveled between Bayfield and St. Paul. The wagon carried fish and other supplies from Bayfield to the Twin Cities before Duluth had been established.
In recalling the days of the stage coach, Mr. Bono often told how it would sometimes take the coach three days to get through the barrens alone due to the depth of the snow and that it usually took several weeks when the trail wasn't entirely clear to make the whole trip from Bayfield to St. Paul. Later he ran the coach himself before he moved to Ashland.
Mrs. Bono, daughter of a Civil War veteran and a resident of Ashland half a century, preceded her husband in death on Sunday, June 9, 1935. On January 26, 1935, Mrs. Bono broke both legs in a fall at her home, this factor later contributing to her death.
Mr. Bono, in addition to being a member of the Odd Fellows, being a charter member of the group. He belonged to Ashland Lodge No. 63, Ashland Encampment No. 71, and the Ashland Canton No. 6. He was also for many years in Masonic activities locally.
Only surviving relatives are Mrs. Mae DeMars, Bayfield, a niece, and Mrs. Henry Bono and son Albert, of Edmore, N. D., wife and son respectively of the late Henry Winfield Scott Bono, brother of Charles.
The body is at the Pascoe Funeral Home and Funeral arrangements have not been completed.
C. A. BONO, IN REGION FOR 79 YEARS, DIES
Oldest Pioneer and Merchant in the City
Charles Albert Bono, 81, known as the oldest pioneer resident of the Chequamegon region due to his seventy- nine years in this territory, died at a local hospital early today after a lingering illness. With the exception of two years he spent in his birthplace, Sault Ste. Marie, Mich., Mr. Bono has lived in the region all of his life.
As well as being the most "thoroughly pioneer" settler, Mr. Bono was probably the oldest merchant, having maintained an establishment at 121 Second street East up until late in 1935 when ill health forced him to retire from business. When h first settled in Ashland in 1886 after twenty-nine years of residence near Bayfield. Mr. Bono started a shoe repairing establishment where the Central Meat Market now stands on the corner of Eighth avenue West and Second street.
On the occasion of his eightieth birthday on May 14, 1935, Mr. Bono told how the walls of the building in which he made the first shoes were made of logs and straw while branches and other refuse was used for the roof. A pair of boots made in that establishment and the pair which were reputedly the first ever made here were proudly possessed by Mr. Bono. They were black, Mr. Bono often explaining to friends that later as the city became more populated and the soft clay became more in evidence he began to make brown shoes--asserting that the color harmonized with the surroundings and that the mud wasn't noticed half as easily.
After leaving the shoe repairing business, Mr. Bono then opened his dry goods store which of later years became a grocery store. It was always in the same location near the northwest corner of Second avenue East and Second street. At present the Bono building is occupied by the John Westman Paint and Paper store.
On May 14, 1855, Mr. Bono was born in Sault Ste. Marie, Mich., and at the age of two he accompanied his parents to LaPointe, From LaPoint his parents went to Bayfield where they ran the Smith Hotel for many years. ( The building has burned since this time.)
At the age of eleven, Charles Bono rode the coach which was pulled by horses and traveled between Bayfield and St. Paul. The wagon carried fish and other supplies from Bayfield to the Twin Cities before Duluth had been established.
In recalling the days of the stage coach, Mr. Bono often told how it would sometimes take the coach three days to get through the barrens alone due to the depth of the snow and that it usually took several weeks when the trail wasn't entirely clear to make the whole trip from Bayfield to St. Paul. Later he ran the coach himself before he moved to Ashland.
Mrs. Bono, daughter of a Civil War veteran and a resident of Ashland half a century, preceded her husband in death on Sunday, June 9, 1935. On January 26, 1935, Mrs. Bono broke both legs in a fall at her home, this factor later contributing to her death.
Mr. Bono, in addition to being a member of the Odd Fellows, being a charter member of the group. He belonged to Ashland Lodge No. 63, Ashland Encampment No. 71, and the Ashland Canton No. 6. He was also for many years in Masonic activities locally.
Only surviving relatives are Mrs. Mae DeMars, Bayfield, a niece, and Mrs. Henry Bono and son Albert, of Edmore, N. D., wife and son respectively of the late Henry Winfield Scott Bono, brother of Charles.
The body is at the Pascoe Funeral Home and Funeral arrangements have not been completed.
Ashland [WI] Daily Press 24 Jun 1936
C. A. BONO, IN REGION FOR 79 YEARS, DIES
Oldest Pioneer and Merchant in the City
Charles Albert Bono, 81, known as the oldest pioneer resident of the Chequamegon region due to his seventy- nine years in this territory, died at a local hospital early today after a lingering illness. With the exception of two years he spent in his birthplace, Sault Ste. Marie, Mich., Mr. Bono has lived in the region all of his life.
As well as being the most "thoroughly pioneer" settler, Mr. Bono was probably the oldest merchant, having maintained an establishment at 121 Second street East up until late in 1935 when ill health forced him to retire from business. When h first settled in Ashland in 1886 after twenty-nine years of residence near Bayfield. Mr. Bono started a shoe repairing establishment where the Central Meat Market now stands on the corner of Eighth avenue West and Second street.
On the occasion of his eightieth birthday on May 14, 1935, Mr. Bono told how the walls of the building in which he made the first shoes were made of logs and straw while branches and other refuse was used for the roof. A pair of boots made in that establishment and the pair which were reputedly the first ever made here were proudly possessed by Mr. Bono. They were black, Mr. Bono often explaining to friends that later as the city became more populated and the soft clay became more in evidence he began to make brown shoes--asserting that the color harmonized with the surroundings and that the mud wasn't noticed half as easily.
After leaving the shoe repairing business, Mr. Bono then opened his dry goods store which of later years became a grocery store. It was always in the same location near the northwest corner of Second avenue East and Second street. At present the Bono building is occupied by the John Westman Paint and Paper store.
On May 14, 1855, Mr. Bono was born in Sault Ste. Marie, Mich., and at the age of two he accompanied his parents to LaPointe, From LaPoint his parents went to Bayfield where they ran the Smith Hotel for many years. ( The building has burned since this time.)
At the age of eleven, Charles Bono rode the coach which was pulled by horses and traveled between Bayfield and St. Paul. The wagon carried fish and other supplies from Bayfield to the Twin Cities before Duluth had been established.
In recalling the days of the stage coach, Mr. Bono often told how it would sometimes take the coach three days to get through the barrens alone due to the depth of the snow and that it usually took several weeks when the trail wasn't entirely clear to make the whole trip from Bayfield to St. Paul. Later he ran the coach himself before he moved to Ashland.
Mrs. Bono, daughter of a Civil War veteran and a resident of Ashland half a century, preceded her husband in death on Sunday, June 9, 1935. On January 26, 1935, Mrs. Bono broke both legs in a fall at her home, this factor later contributing to her death.
Mr. Bono, in addition to being a member of the Odd Fellows, being a charter member of the group. He belonged to Ashland Lodge No. 63, Ashland Encampment No. 71, and the Ashland Canton No. 6. He was also for many years in Masonic activities locally.
Only surviving relatives are Mrs. Mae DeMars, Bayfield, a niece, and Mrs. Henry Bono and son Albert, of Edmore, N. D., wife and son respectively of the late Henry Winfield Scott Bono, brother of Charles.
The body is at the Pascoe Funeral Home and Funeral arrangements have not been completed.
C. A. BONO, IN REGION FOR 79 YEARS, DIES
Oldest Pioneer and Merchant in the City
Charles Albert Bono, 81, known as the oldest pioneer resident of the Chequamegon region due to his seventy- nine years in this territory, died at a local hospital early today after a lingering illness. With the exception of two years he spent in his birthplace, Sault Ste. Marie, Mich., Mr. Bono has lived in the region all of his life.
As well as being the most "thoroughly pioneer" settler, Mr. Bono was probably the oldest merchant, having maintained an establishment at 121 Second street East up until late in 1935 when ill health forced him to retire from business. When h first settled in Ashland in 1886 after twenty-nine years of residence near Bayfield. Mr. Bono started a shoe repairing establishment where the Central Meat Market now stands on the corner of Eighth avenue West and Second street.
On the occasion of his eightieth birthday on May 14, 1935, Mr. Bono told how the walls of the building in which he made the first shoes were made of logs and straw while branches and other refuse was used for the roof. A pair of boots made in that establishment and the pair which were reputedly the first ever made here were proudly possessed by Mr. Bono. They were black, Mr. Bono often explaining to friends that later as the city became more populated and the soft clay became more in evidence he began to make brown shoes--asserting that the color harmonized with the surroundings and that the mud wasn't noticed half as easily.
After leaving the shoe repairing business, Mr. Bono then opened his dry goods store which of later years became a grocery store. It was always in the same location near the northwest corner of Second avenue East and Second street. At present the Bono building is occupied by the John Westman Paint and Paper store.
On May 14, 1855, Mr. Bono was born in Sault Ste. Marie, Mich., and at the age of two he accompanied his parents to LaPointe, From LaPoint his parents went to Bayfield where they ran the Smith Hotel for many years. ( The building has burned since this time.)
At the age of eleven, Charles Bono rode the coach which was pulled by horses and traveled between Bayfield and St. Paul. The wagon carried fish and other supplies from Bayfield to the Twin Cities before Duluth had been established.
In recalling the days of the stage coach, Mr. Bono often told how it would sometimes take the coach three days to get through the barrens alone due to the depth of the snow and that it usually took several weeks when the trail wasn't entirely clear to make the whole trip from Bayfield to St. Paul. Later he ran the coach himself before he moved to Ashland.
Mrs. Bono, daughter of a Civil War veteran and a resident of Ashland half a century, preceded her husband in death on Sunday, June 9, 1935. On January 26, 1935, Mrs. Bono broke both legs in a fall at her home, this factor later contributing to her death.
Mr. Bono, in addition to being a member of the Odd Fellows, being a charter member of the group. He belonged to Ashland Lodge No. 63, Ashland Encampment No. 71, and the Ashland Canton No. 6. He was also for many years in Masonic activities locally.
Only surviving relatives are Mrs. Mae DeMars, Bayfield, a niece, and Mrs. Henry Bono and son Albert, of Edmore, N. D., wife and son respectively of the late Henry Winfield Scott Bono, brother of Charles.
The body is at the Pascoe Funeral Home and Funeral arrangements have not been completed.
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